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In a general way, any abdominal pain that does not
yield in 24 hours to rest in bed with application
of external heat, should call for the advice of a
physician. Any severe attack of vomiting or diarrhea,
accompanied by temperature, and not immediately traceable
to some indiscretion in diet, is cause for study,
and if improvement does not soon show itself, a physician
should be called.

Pains in the extremities, particularly joints, if
not clearly showing signs of improvement in two or
three days, should also be the object of a physician’s
visit, as a fracture near a joint, if not correctly
treated early, may result in permanent deformity.

The camp physician, or director, if he himself assumes
the medical responsibilities, should enforce the rule
that all boys who do not have a daily movement of
the bowels see him, and he should always be ready to
receive such cases and give them the necessary treatment.

The drawings by Albert G. Wegener illustrate in a
general way what the trouble is when one feels a distinct,
persistent pain.

Among healthy boys, in camp, thoracic pains, other
than those due to muscular strain, are uncommon, but
when severe, especially if accompanied by a rise of
temperature (over 99.5 degrees) and not readily succumbing
to rest in bed, should be investigated by a physician.

[Illustration: Sites of Pain.]

PAIN

The accompanying diagrams indicate what ailment may
be looked for if there is a persistent pain. (Adapted
from Butler; Diagnosis.)

1. Disease of bone. Tumor or abscess in
chest. Weakening of the aorta. Stomach trouble.

2. Catarrh [1], or cancer or ulcer of stomach.
Disease of spinal column. Inflammation of pancreas.